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- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
analysis"—that with sufficient industry knowledge, market data, and statistical wizardry, "The answer would somehow mysteriously pop out and the right decision would be made. That's just not the way I think the world... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
increase of 285% of a standard deviation in income. We also present different estimates of adaptation across subgroups. For example, we find that those on the right (left) of the political spectrum adapt to status (income) but not to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management
people to be better managers—entrepreneurial or otherwise. Based on our own experience and that of others, we believe that teachers with the right tools can make successful interventions and can increase the would-be entrepreneur's... View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
R. Lakhani on the keys to managing distributed innovation. What Does Nasa's "faster, Better, Cheaper" Teach About Innovation? Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science Do the successful Mars missions mean NASA again has the right... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 07 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Innovation in Asia
software. Ideas, manpower, and money add up to tremendous innovation occurring in the country right now, he said. John Deng, CEO and president of Chinese chipmaker Vimicro, said his company is proof of Chinese innovation. Vimicro holds... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
news for shareholders? In other words, don't lower corporate taxes just mean more profits for shareholders? A: You're absolutely right to think that this could be viewed as a good thing. Indeed, there are a variety of reasons to think of... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
encourage readers to devote more time to finding the right products for their customers, creating the right bundle of goods and services, and developing innovations that improve the world, while perhaps... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
Moreover, in today's world, we're already beyond the point where supply chain is the right term because it denotes a linear set of linkages between firms. I'm just waiting for the time when people no longer say "supply chain"... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
right place at the right time. Others argued differently, emphasizing in particular his unique style of investing and his focus on selecting the right people. Was this a case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
even the appearance of impropriety if they are to recover America's trust.—Constance Bagley A number of states have gone even further than Delaware and passed "constituency statutes," which expressly give directors the right to... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
people who work in this field, and they develop such knowledge of these companies that they start to get a sense of something that's not right and then they follow up. In over a third of these situations it appears that the press did the... View Details
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
landscape. Key concepts include: Although property rights protections for investors in developing nations have improved since 1980, the new instruments are failing to satisfy the interests of either host countries or their business... View Details
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
from the outside in. By asking the right questions, you can get amazing solutions." Persistence is crucial to success, and executives need to make sure they are not giving up too early. The paper notes that the early makers of MP3 players... View Details
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
is an emerging market that poses manifold risks to foreign investors. Vale do Rio Doce, Baosteel's prospective partner, is an iron miner with little experience in steelmaking. Baosteel must evaluate whether it is choosing the right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
non-obvious, second-order effects—things we can't see clearly right now. The human tendency in trying to predict what will happen in the future is to extrapolate in a straight line from today. So we imagine doing more of what we do with... View Details
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
behind Coke and Pepsi. Mountain Dew is now a $4.7 billion business, and this success can be largely attributed to using advertising to create the right allegories at the right time. Brand Equity Through... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
areas of our lives, we expect and demand incredible personalization," Kim said. "But right now, there's more personalization in the music you listen to through applications like Pandora and Spotify than the average school system... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
customer loyalty management initiative, in and of itself, will overcome basic shortfalls in product/service delivering in a competitive situation." Robin Clark pointed out that: "Neither view is completely right or wrong. I... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
change in the information set for employees when the incentives and decision rights remain unchanged. Also examines the tradeoffs front-line employees face as they divide their efforts between reaching new customers and increasing the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
compare those clicks with users' subsequent purchases. Ever-cheaper IT makes this tracking cost effective and routine. In addition, a web of interlocking ad networks trades inventory and offers to show the right ad to the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne